9696800

Menu Selection Apparatus Using Gaze Tracking

PublishedJuly 4, 2017
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsIl Yong Yoon
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
8 claims

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1. A menu selection apparatus using gaze tracking, comprising: a gaze tracker configured to track a gaze of a driver and to output time series gaze data; a timer included in the gaze tracker and configured to output a timing pulse; a buffer configured to store the time series gaze data; a counter configured to count the timing pulse to adjust synchronization with the timer; a button configured to output a click signal when being clicked by the driver; and a controller configured to extract the time series gaze data for a critical time based on button click timing as the click signal is output from the button and to then calculate an average of gaze vectors within each time series gaze data.

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2. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the time series gaze data includes a gaze vector field and a time stamp field.

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3. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the button is mounted at a steering wheel of a vehicle.

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4. A menu selection apparatus using gaze tracking, comprising: a gaze tracker configured to track a gaze of a driver and to output time series gaze data; a buffer configured to store the time series gaze data; a timer configured to adjust synchronization with the gaze tracker based on a time stamp of the time series gaze data; a button configured to output a click signal when being clicked by the driver; and a controller configured to extract the time series gaze data for a critical time based on button click timing as the click signal is output from the button and to then calculate an average of gaze vectors within each time series gaze data.

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5. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the time series gaze data includes dummy data.

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6. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the dummy data includes a time stamp field.

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7. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the time series gaze data includes a flag field for data identification, a gaze vector field, and a time stamp field.

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8. The menu selection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the button is mounted at a steering wheel of a vehicle.

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July 4, 2017

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Il Yong Yoon

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